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    Kripke's distinction between rigid and non-rigid designat... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Romeo likes Juliet (L(r,j)).

    Kripke's distinction between rigid and non-rigid designators shows that fictional names like 'Romeo' lack the stable referential anchor required for valid instantiation.

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    • 1.Rigid designators refer to the same object across all possible worlds; fictional names vary by interpretation and context.
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    • 2.Without fixed reference, quantified statements like 'Romeo has properties P' lack determinate truth-conditions.
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    • 3.Valid instantiation requires the designator to pick out a specific entity; fictional names pick out nothing concrete.
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    • 1.Fictional names rigidly designate characters within their narrative worlds; stability needn't require external reference.
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    • 2.Statements about Romeo are truth-apt via descriptive content or pretense semantics, independent of rigid reference requirements.
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    • 3.Kripke's theory targets natural kind terms and proper names of actual objects, not the logical structure of fictional discourse.
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